Our site at the state park was billed as "level" and maybe the average was level, but our back bumper was nearly touching the ground when we finally called it good enough. The big surprise was the bugs! We were freaked out by the thousands of mosquitoes swarming the entire campground. We did notice they were not very aggressive - not a single bite, but still, we were hard-pressed to keep them out of the coach.
I love short driving days - we were able to set up early enough and still have the energy to do other things before the day was over. A pedestrian walkway joined the park and the beach. I asked if a dog was allowed and was told "yes". I had to carry Sam up and down the expanded metal steps since they are painful on his feet. At the bottom of the steps on the lakeside was a sign telling me animals are not allowed on the beach. It wasn't much of a beach anyway and the wind was chilly coming off of the lake, so we weren't too bothered by the snub.
We left Sam at home as we explored the shops along Front Street in downtown Traverse City. Joani wanted to make sure we visited the highly regarded Cherry Republic. I could not believe just how generous they were with samples. I had a few dried cherries, a few chocolate covered cherries, a few dark chocolate covered cherries, cherry coated pretzels, sour cherry candies, and quite a variety of cherry jams. I was in sugar overload. Of course, we left with a jar of Cherry Pecan Jam and a bottle of Cherry Muscadine wine so I might have offset some of those samples with our purchases.
Across the street Solo: A Star Wars Story was premiering tomorrow. Tickets were still available, so I know where we will be in about 24 hours.
We saw some gorgeous Petoskey stones in quite a few store windows. They owe their distinctive patterns to fossilized Rugosa corals that grew 350 million years ago. I'm hoping we will be lucky enough to find a nice specimen along the lakeshore while we are in the area.
Built in 1891, this 1200 seat Victorian opera house was the first facility in Traverse City to use electric lights.
We found Traverse City had a beautiful and vibrant downtown area that was very pleasant and very worth visiting.
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